In June 2025, my heart stopped for 7.5 seconds. It happened during hospital testing to investigate a series of unexplained collapses. While I was still dazed, unable to stand, and being uncontrollably sick, the cardiologist told me I needed heart surgery and a pacemaker, so to prevent my heart stopping again. Was he for real? I couldn't believe what I was hearing. I felt my whole world flip upside down.

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This wasn't going to be an elective surgery; I had no choice in this. This was life-saving, and I needed it urgently.

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Although this experience was to forever change me and set my life on a new, different course, it wasn't my "call to adventure" - the moment when the hero of a story must begin a journey into the unknown. That had already come. This was more like my "supreme ordeal" - when the hero must face their greatest fear or death, so to be transformed or reborn.

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So, lets go back to the beginning.

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Since 2010, I have worked in the film and television industry in London, mostly as a script coordinator. And I love it! Storytelling and cinema has always been in my heart. But then, Covid-19 hit. Later, there was the SAG-AFTRA strikes. The industry changed dramatically, and through it all, I was battling various health issues. Also during this time, a dear friend of mine committed suicide.

I began to feel that there was something else for me. Something in the distance, speaking to my deepest desires. A change of career, perhaps?

 

And so, I had a "call to adventure". I started to consider retraining in an entirely new area.

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But, of course, like all heroes on their journey, I initially refused the call. I was approached by huge TV productions - Harry Potter, The House of the Dragon, Ted Lasso. I so desperately wanted to work on these dream jobs! So, I didn't share that I was facing serious health issues, didn't mention that I was collapsing unexpectedly for unknown reasons, and I had lost all my confidence in living alone in London. I returned home to Scotland and tried to navigate it all. Could I work on these TV shows remotely from Scotland? Do the work, hide my illness? No, every production wanted me on set, all of the time. And so, I lost out on all of these shows.

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But still, I heard that calling in the distance...and finally, I listened. I heard what my heart truly desired. It was to be of service, to connect with others, to help and to encourage and to transform. Every time I heard of someone struggling, I kept thinking "how can I help? How can I do something more?"

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So, in April 2025 I signed up for the Beautiful You Coaching Academy Life Coaching course. I would begin in July. But remember, that little thing happened to me the month before this? My heart stopped. A pacemaker awaited me.

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I truly had no idea if I was going to make it through 9 months of studying and retraining. I was living in absolute fear of my heart stopping again, of death, and I was still very unwell a lot of the time. 

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But, this course became my lifeline. A shining, guiding light through all the anxiety and illness. I very quickly realised that this was exactly where I was meant to be. I felt something settle in my soul. A door unlocked.

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Because I finally felt in alignment with myself and that I was doing something of great worth and value, and due to the incredible mentorship of Julie Parker and the entire BYCA team, I graduated from the life coaching course in March 2026. And yep, while also undergoing heart surgery and adjusting to living with a pacemaker! It's been a wild ride.

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If you’re reading this now and something in you is whispering, maybe it’s time… I’m grateful you’re here. I understand that whisper! Please know, you don’t have to have it all figured out to begin. You just have to be willing to take the next step.

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I’d love to support you as you write your next chapter and step into the main character role in your own life.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​